Reality Check: 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

June 6, 1944 - D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy

In preparation for selling my mother's home, I have been combing through it looking for things that needed to be saved. Recently I came across a small gem. It is a small U.S. Government issue notebook in which my father recorded important events in his WWII US Navy service. As I was thinking of the upcoming anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, I started to wonder what HE was doing on the other side of the world at the time of the invasion. His initial records in his log book read:

April 28 1944 - Left San Francisco Calif.
May 5 - Crossed Equator
May 9 - Crossed Date Line
May 13 - arrive Noumea New Caladonia (sic)
........
May 31 Frichshaven
June 10 - Left Frichshaven - assigned LCI-28

If you don't know what a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) is, take a look here at the USS Landing Craft site.

ARMY.MIL provides an excellent overview of D-Day,

On June 6, I took some time to stop and remember both my father's service and those who were at Normandy that day.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Fall Semester Starts Monday!

For the first time I am teaching HRM 666 as a totally online class. I am both nervous about it and excited. I am pretty computer savvy and love trying new things and experimenting. I hope the class is as good or better than the "live" version. If you are IN my online class, you might want to follow me on Twitter - search for NBereman.